Directing
Robert Wise
- Titles
- 88movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1944 to 2000, with a break from 1990 to 1999, busiest in 1953 and 1956 with 3 main titles each.
- Directed
- 40titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Executive Suite86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.6
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
- Romance4.4average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
- Cringe Humor1.4, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Historical Setting 3
- 1950s 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Romantic Drama 2
- Bleak 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Period Piece 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- WWilliam ReynoldsEditorThe Sound of Music, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Sand Pebbles, Star!, Rooftops, +1 more
- NNelson GiddingWriterThe Andromeda Strain, The Haunting, I Want to Live!, The Hindenburg, Odds Against Tomorrow
Ernest LehmanWriterThe Sound of Music, West Side Story, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Executive Suite- JJ.R. WhittredgeEditorThe Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People, Mademoiselle Fifi, A Game of Death
- PPaul SawtellComposerBorn to Kill, Mystery in Mexico, A Game of Death, Criminal Court
Patricia NealActorThe Day the Earth Stood Still, Three Secrets, Something for the Birds
Simon OaklandActorWest Side Story, The Sand Pebbles, I Want to Live!- SSol KaplanComposerThe House on Telegraph Hill, Destination Gobi, Something for the Birds
Roy WebbComposerBlood on the Moon, The Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People- TThomas ReillyEditorHelen of Troy, Three Secrets, So Big
Julie AndrewsActorThe Sound of Music, Star!
Shelley WintersActorExecutive Suite, Odds Against Tomorrow
Movies and TV shows
171940s
17 titles · average score 65
62
The Set-Up (1949)
Director, Screenplay
74
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Director
48
Mystery in Mexico (1948)
Director
77
Born to Kill (1947)
Director
48
Criminal Court (1946)
Director
72
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Director
61
A Game of Death (1945)
Director
62
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Director
55
Bombardier (1943)
Editor
84
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Assistant Director, Editor
91
Citizen Kane (1941)
Editor
